I think I just wasted $1000 on upgrades (Vista64, 8GB Ram, Dual 9800gtx)

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Originally Posted by 'd0z3rr',index.php?page=Thread&postID=56848#post56 848

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I added another Raptor Drive and installed Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
It automatically found all the drivers I needed, very painless

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BAD idea! As much as I like Windows, it does not handle drivers very well.

You should immediately go to the manufacturer's websites and download all the drivers. Get your motherboard/chipset drivers from intel.com, gfx card drivers from nvidia.com.

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I'm a big proponent of if it aint broke dont fix it. I've had many cases where I went to upgrade drivers when things were already working trash my system so im a lil shy on it. But when all else fails here in a few days if I dont find an avenue to increase performance I will go dig up all the current drivers from the manufacture sites. The only drivers I specifically went and downloaded was my nvidia drivers and I updated the bios on my mobo.

Something that helped me get my fps back was cleaning out old mod files from my wow folders. I went through and removed all the old shit and installed all the mods I want to use fresh and my fps is now normal. I was able to trace it down to old mod files because the fps on a few toons were rock solid but the other two sharing the same wow were crap. Once I cleared them its much better. I suggest you doing the same. I have vista 64 8gig ram quad 6600, two ati 3870 cards running 3 LCD's. Two hard drives running one wow on each with keyclone.

Clean out that WTF folder of all the old lua files.. or whatever they are called.

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Originally Posted by 'Gallo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=56844#post568 44

I've always wondered if the 1066 RAM is THAT much better. My mobo supports it, but the 800 was so much cheaper, I couldnt resist.

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Well, the answer is "It Depends." If you're doing a task that does a LOT of memory transfers, the 1066 stuff is noticeably faster. If you're doing stuff where it isn't stressing the RAM much, obviously, you won't see much difference. 5-boxing on one PC would qualify as "stressing the RAM" IMO. :P The key, though, is the timings on the RAM itself. If you go from expensive 800MHz low-delay RAM to cheapie high-delay 1066 stuff, you won't see as much difference. Here is a great article that explains this stuff in more detail if you're interested: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...s,1236-10.html The TLDR version of that article is that you're better off OC'ing/upgrading your CPU than upgrading your RAM if you're already using good PC6400 or higher.

Yeah, I have my CPU slightly OC'ed and my memory slightly OC'ed. I don't think I'm willing to upgrade until prices come down, or I'm forced to due to system req's.

Just so you know..you all have ruined this game for me with your talk of 30+ FPS....

I've been playing since beta with 30 or less FPS. I'm happy when it's above 15 FPS. 8)

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Originally Posted by 'pinotnoir',index.php?page=Thread&postID=56868#pos t56868

Something that helped me get my fps back was cleaning out old mod files from my wow folders. I went through and removed all the old shit and installed all the mods I want to use fresh and my fps is now normal. I was able to trace it down to old mod files because the fps on a few toons were rock solid but the other two sharing the same wow were crap. Once I cleared them its much better. I suggest you doing the same. I have vista 64 8gig ram quad 6600, two ati 3870 cards running 3 LCD's. Two hard drives running one wow on each with keyclone.

Clean out that WTF folder of all the old lua files.. or whatever they are called.

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I did all the addon cleanup long ago, and I would also like to note that depending on where im at in shat if I just run a single client with my updated setup at 1600x1200 I will average 90-140 FPS in shat.

Would OC'ing my proc help at all if its not stressed?

I'm running a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

I mounted a Zalman 9700 on it and it runs nice and cool. I'm sure there is tons of room to overclock it but I've never done any OC'ing before and since all 5 wows only use about 30% across all 4 cores I didnt think there would be a need to.

What do you guys think about OC'ing a Q6700, is it something I should look into?

I run all my stuff as i get it, ive never OC'ed my Proc, Mem or Gfx.

OCing is pretty easy. I run a Q6600 (stock is 2.4ghz) at 3.0ghz with hardly changing the voltage no problemo. I have an aftermarket cooler like yourself. You could prob get to 3.2ghz EASILY. 3.4-3.6 if you're feeling it.

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Originally Posted by 'Gallo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=56886#post568 86

OCing is pretty easy. I run a Q6600 (stock is 2.4ghz) at 3.0ghz with hardly changing the voltage no problemo. I have an aftermarket cooler like yourself. You could prob get to 3.2ghz EASILY. 3.4-3.6 if you're feeling it.

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But have you checked your multiboxing performance before and after and noticed a difference?

No, I can't say that I have. I OC'ed it from Day 1. But, for you, it's a pretty easy process. You work it in your bios. Just do it in very small increments. Bump your voltage a teeny bit, and bump your speed a teeny bit, start up, run Prime95 with some sort of program to watch your CPU temp, restart and repeat until satisfied.